Violent youth in juvenile and adult court: An assessment of sentencing strategies in Texas

Law and Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 115-136

  Fritsch, Eric J ^a   Hemmens, Craig ^b   Caeti, Tory J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 85004390969     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1996.tb00166.x     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. August, Robin (1981) A Study of Juveniles Transferred for Prosecution to the Adult System. Miami, Fla.: Office of the Dade-Miami Criminal Justice Council.
2. Bishop, Donna M., Charles E. Frazier, and John C. Henretta (1989) “Prosecutorial Waiver: Case Study of a Questionable Reform,” Crime & Delinquency 35: 179–201.
3. Bortner, M.A. (1986) “Traditional Rhetoric, Organizational Realities: Remand of Juveniles to Adult Court,” Crime & Delinquency 32: 53–73.
4. Bowker, Marjorie M. (1987) “Waiver of Juveniles to Adult Court Under the Juvenile Delinquents Act: Applicability of Principles to Young Offenders Act (Canada),” Criminal Law Quarterly 29: 368–400.
5. Champion, Dean J. (1989) “Teenage Felons and Waiver Hearings: Some Recent Trends, 1980–1988,” Crime & Delinquency 35: 577–85.
6. Champion, Dean J., and G. Larry Mays (1991) Transferring Juveniles to Criminal Courts: Trends and Implications for Criminal Justice. New York: Praeger.
7. Dawson, Robert O. (1988) “The Third Justice System: The New Juvenile-Criminal System of Determinate Sentencing for the Youthful Violent Offender in Texas,” St. Mary's Law Journal 19: 943–1016.
8. Dawson, Robert O. (1990) “The Future of Juvenile Justice: Is It Time to Abolish the System? Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 81: 136–55.
9. Dawson, Robert O. (1992) “An Empirical Study of Kent Style Juvenile Transfers to Criminal Court,” St. Mary's Law Journal 23: 975–1054.
10. Eigen, Joel P. (1981) “Punishing Youth Homicide Offenders in Philadelphia,” Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 72: 1072–93.
11. Fagan, Jeffrey (1990) “Social and Legal Policy Dimensions of Violent Juvenile Crime,” Criminal Justice and Behavior 17: 93–133.
12. Fagan, Jeffrey, and Elizabeth P. Deschenes (1990) “Determinants of Judicial Waiver Decisions for Violent Juvenile Offenders,” Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 81: 314–47.
13. Fagan, Jeffrey, Martin Lyle Forst, An Dt. Scott Vivona (1987) Separating the Men From the Boys: The Criminalization of Violent Youth Through Judicial Waiver. San Francisco: Ursa Institute.
14. Feld, Barry C. (1984) “The Decision to Seek Criminal Charges: Just Deserts and the Waiver Decision,” Criminal Justice Ethics 3: 27–41.
15. Feld, Barry C. (1989) “Bad Law Makes Hard Cases: Reflections on Teen-aged Axe-murderers, Judicial Activism, and Legislative Default,” Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice 8: 1–101.
16. Forst, Martin L., Bruce A. Fisher, and Robert B. Coates (1985) “Indeterminate and Determinate Sentencing of Juvenile Delinquents: A National Survey of Approaches to Commitment and Release Decision-Making,” Juvenile and Family Court Journal 36(2): 1–12.
17. Fritsch, Eric J. and Craig Hemmens (1995) “Juvenile Waiver in the United States 1979–1995: A Comparison and Analysis of State Waiver Statutes,” Juvenile and Family Court Journal 46(3): 17–35.
18. Gardner, Martin R. (1987) “Punitive Juvenile Justice: Some Observations on a Recent Trend,” International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 10: 129–51.
19. Gillespie, L. Kay, and Michael D. Norman (1984) “Does Certification Mean Prison: Some Preliminary Findings from Utah,” Juvenile & Family Court Journal 35(3): 23–34.
20. Gragg, Frances (1986) Juveniles in Adult Court: A Review of Transfers at the Habitual Serious and Violent Juvenile Offender Program Sites. Washington, D.C.: American Institutes for Research for the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Assistance, Research and Statistics.
21. Hair, Joseph F., Jr., Rolph E. Anderson, Ronald L. Tatham, and William C. Black (1992) Multivariate Data Analysis with Readings. 3d ed. New York: Macmillan.
22. Hamparian, Donna M., Lrnda K. Estep, Susan M. Muntean, Ramon R. Priesttno, Robert G. Swisher, Paul L. Wallace, and Joseph L. White (1982) Youth in Adult Courts: Between Two Worlds. Major Issues in Juvenile Justice Information and Training. Columbus, Ohio: Academy for Contemporary Problems.
23. Houghtalin, Marilyn, and G. Larry Mays (1991) “Criminal Dispositions of New Mexico Juveniles Transferred to Adult Court,” Crime & Delinquency 37: 393–407.
24. Krisberg, Barry (1988) The Juvenile Court: Reclaiming the Vision. San Francisco: National Council on Crime and Delinquency.
25. Lindblom, Charles E. (1959) “The Science of Muddling Through,” Public Administration Review 19: 79–88.
26. Norman, Michael, and L. Kay Gillespie (1986) “Changing Horses: Utah's Shift in Adjudicating Serious Juvenile Offenders,” Journal of Contemporary Law 12: 85–98.
27. Rudman, Cary, Eliot Hartstone, Jeffrey Fagan, and Melinda Moore (1986) “Violent youth in Adult Court: Process and Punishment,” Crime & Delinquency 32: 75–96.
28. Sagatun, Inger, Loretta L. McCollum, and Leonard P. Edwards (1985) “The Effect of Transfers from Juvenile to Adult Court: A Loglinear Analysis,” Crime and Justice 8: 65–92.
29. Sweet, Robert W., Jr. (1991) “Beyond the Mandates: The Chronic Offender,” Juvenile & Family Court Journal 42(4): 1–7.
30. Teilmann Van Dusen, Kathertne (1981) “Adult Court Transfer: A Move Toward Tougher Handling?” Paper presented at the meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.
31. Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (1989) Dispositions of Juvenile Offenders: A Study of Dispositions and Alternative Considerations Used By Texas Juvenile Courts Dealing with Juvenile Offenders. Austin, Tex.: Texas Juvenile Probation Commission.
32. Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (1993) Texas Juvenile Probation Statistical Report: Statistical and Other Data on the Juvenile Justice System in Texas for Calendar Year 1992. Austin, Tex.: Texas Juvenile Probation Commission.
33. U.S. Bureau Of Justice Statistics (1988) Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice. 2d ed. Washington, D.C: Dept. of Justice.
34. Zimring, Franklin E. (1991) “The Treatment of Hard Cases in American Juvenile Justice: In Defence of Discretionary Waiver,” Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy 5: 267–80.